Johannesburg – Tension at the City of Joburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) boiled over on Wednesday night when a firefighter from the Orange Farm station shot and killed his boss.

The man was one of the firefighters placed on suspension following an illegal strike over the deaths of two firefighters who died of smoke inhalation after being trapped in an inner-city building this year.

On Wednesday night, the Orange Farm fire station’s action commander, Lesedi Phatsoe, arrived at the firefighter’s Vanderbijlpark home to serve him with a notice to appear before a hearing. He was shot dead.

Police spokesman Captain Johannes Motsiri said an argument broke out between the two.

For more http://www.iol.co.za